Organizing Your Kitchen Pantry - Part Three Storage

Storage is an important facet of organizing your kitchen pantry.  But don’t be put out by high-priced storage systems.  If you have a shelf, you can have a pantry that is useful and beautiful!

You can find glass jars and plastic storage containers at thrift stores and garage sales, but they are very inexpensively had at dollar stores, big box retailers, and even grocery stores as well.  Organizing your pantry using glass containers is a useful way to store grains, dry goods, and flours because it deters rodents and insects.  However, don’t use glass if you have heavy items to store or if children will be using the pantry.  If you do have children, place the glass containers high enough that they cannot reach them.

Inexpensive racks and dividers can go a long way toward giving you extra storage space for organizing your kitchen pantry.  You can use racks for holding dishes to give you two levels of storage for canned goods where only one was possible.  Or, you can store canned goods in the refrigerator racks made for dispensing canned sodas.

Plastic baskets are also a great tool for organizing your kitchen pantry.  You can use them to group items together, such as flour or pasta boxes, or even snacks and cereal.  Alternatively, you can store dishtowels and cloth napkins in baskets for easy access.

Whatever you choose, make sure you buy enough of the same item to store all that you need.  Visually, it looks neater and more organized to have many containers that are the same rather than a mishmash of different styles.

If you’ve followed these suggestions, your kitchen pantry will be clean, organized and a pleasure to use!